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  2. Rogue wave - Wikipedia

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    Rogue waves (also known as freak waves or killer waves) are large and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses. [1] They are distinct from tsunamis , which are long wavelength waves, often almost unnoticeable in deep waters and are caused by the displacement of water due to ...

  3. List of rogue waves - Wikipedia

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    This list of rogue waves compiles incidents of known and likely rogue waves – also known as freak waves, monster waves, killer waves, and extreme waves. These are dangerous and rare ocean surface waves that unexpectedly reach at least twice the height of the tallest waves around them, and are often described by witnesses as "walls of water". [1]

  4. Resonant interaction - Wikipedia

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    Rogue waves are unusually large and unexpected oceanic surface waves; solitons are implicated, and specifically, the resonant interactions between three of them. [7] Rossby waves, also known as planetary waves, describe both the jet-stream and oceanic waves that move along the thermocline. There are three-wave resonant interactions of Rossby ...

  5. Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot rogue wave swells off ...

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    An enormous, 58-foot-tall swell that crashed in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, in November 2020 has been confirmed as the largest "rogue" wave ever Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot ...

  6. Rogue wave: Can it happen along Florida's Atlantic coast? - AOL

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    Dec. 28 a rogue wave hit California. Could it happen here?

  7. Watch rogue wave violently sweep away bystanders, vehicles in ...

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    Video captured a rogue wave hitting a beach in Ventura, California, on Thursday, sending at least eight people to hospitals. People watching the ocean, as well as a vehicle, are violently swept ...

  8. Electromagnetic radiation and health - Wikipedia

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    Exposure to ELF waves can induce an electric current. Because the human body is conductive, electric currents and resulting voltages differences typically accumulate on the skin but do not reach interior tissues. [22] People can start to perceive high-voltage charges as tingling when hair or clothing in contact with the skin stands up or ...

  9. Coast Guard makes dramatic rescue after rogue wave wrecks ...

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    A four-man sailing crew injured and suffering from near hypothermia out in the Atlantic Ocean had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after a "rogue wave" thrashed and tossed about their 39-foot ...